# My tongue hurts **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 30, 2002, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tongue-hurts/111519 "2002-05-30T11:52:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tongue-hurts/111519/1 "2002-05-30T11:52:01Z")
See, a while ago, I had a filling drop out of a molar. No biggie, really. I mean, no pain or anything. But I went to the dentist recently to have it checked out. She said I needed root canal on the tooth. Oh well. Still, it wasn’t causing me pain or anything, so I went about my life happy and carefree. Then, last evening, somehow, the remains of the tooth chipped, leaving a jagged edge. Still no pain in the tooth, but now my tongue rubs against it all the time. I can’t swallow without the side of my tongue abrading against the rough edge of the tooth. I was reading aloud to my family last night (we’re almost finished with the first Harry Potter book), and I was in agony. My tongue is being turned into hamburger. And I probably won’t have time to get to my dentist before Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tongue-hurts/111519/2 "2002-05-30T12:40:08Z")
Go to the drugstore. In the dental section, you should find dental wax - this is stuff that people with braces use to keep their braces from tearing their lips up. That should help. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tongue-hurts/111519/3 "2002-05-30T12:47:33Z")
The other night I bent over to pet the dog and the dumb shit thought it would be a good time to jump straight up in the air. Smashed his skull into my jaw and cut my tongue to ribbons. Finally starting to feel better today. [Old Man] Stupid dawg. [/Old Man] ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tongue-hurts/111519/4 "2002-05-30T14:26:31Z")
Pliers + Tooth = no more shredded tounge. Sure its not the best alternative, but it beats cutting out your own tounge. On the other hand you could just not talk until monday. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tongue-hurts/111519/5 "2002-05-30T22:03:16Z")
Thanks for the suggestion, **Zyada**. I asked my daughter if she had any, since she wears braces, but she never liked using the stuff, and threw it away. But I heard from my dentist this evening, and I have an appointment Saturday, at 1:40, just to see if she can slap a temp thing on it or something. I can survive until then. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tongue-hurts/111519/6 "2002-05-31T01:28:19Z")
AWWW Poor BABY! Want me to kiss it and make it all better? Oh, wait a minute…Maybe your wife could kiss it ? Yeah, might THAT be a better idea? 😃 On a practical note, if you don’t want to buy some of the dental wax, you could just sand the jagged edge a tiny bit…if you don’t get crazy with the sandpaper, it shouldn’t cause any further damage and will prevent any further damage to your tongue. ---
**Author:** ![grettle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@grettle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grettle)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tongue-hurts/111519/7 "2002-05-31T02:51:22Z")
ouch. (just think of the sandpaper noise that close to your ear. . .) ---
**Author:** ![pbrtallboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f475e1/32.png) [@pbrtallboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbrtallboy)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tongue-hurts/111519/8 "2002-05-31T03:23:00Z")
Phew! I’m glad it didn’t have anything to do with **bernse’s** ass! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ClairificC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@ClairificC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ClairificC)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tongue-hurts/111519/9 "2002-05-31T05:00:43Z")
No kidding. Went through 6 years of braces and lots and lots of tounge shredding. Wax helps untill your tounge builds the callus, then it dosn’t hurt so much at all. But I fully sympathize. Ouch! My tounge hurts too, but that my own idocracy, stuffing the last bite of sandwich in my mouth before jumping (literally) into a ballet rehersal. I thought I bit off the tip of my tounge. But it just bled a little and is now annoyingly swollen so that I just bite on it more. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tongue-hurts/111519/10 "2002-05-31T05:14:29Z")
My tongue is killing me today, after eating too many damn Sour Patch Kid candies. Beware!! ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tongue-hurts/111519/11 "2002-05-31T11:32:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scotticher \* > \*\*AWWW Poor BABY! > > Want me to kiss it and make it all better? > > Oh, wait a minute…Maybe your wife could kiss it ? Yeah, might THAT be a better idea? > 😃 > > On a practical note, if you don’t want to buy some of the dental wax, you could just sand the jagged edge a tiny bit…if you don’t get crazy with the sandpaper, it shouldn’t cause any further damage and will prevent any further damage to your tongue. \*\* Oh, you naughty girl! I am shocked, simply shocked! I am also delighted. Pity we are a continent away… I’ve decided to be the stoic German/Scot that I am and just live with it until my dentist can see it.